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Can Local Search Replace Directories?

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Understand: I think most major directories, at this point, suck.
Consider:

DMOZ: Mostly broken, and they’ve reached the volunteer organizational size where bizarrities and politics get in the way of either people who want to volunteer, or any of the volunteers being effective.

Yahoo!: Listings are by those who are paying for it. Editorial review is mostly ‘is [...]

Shame From the Past: Talking Urinal Cakes

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

My pal Paul Jahn, Local Search Geek Extraordinaire — and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune — have revealed that talking urinal cakes were placed locally to discourage drunk-driving on a very drunk weekend in the Cities (St. Pat’s and the WCHA Frozen Five will do that).
True fact: I have purchased bathroom advertising in my past, including, ahem, [...]

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